Little foodies can explore their taste buds and learn basic cooking skills with Picnic in the Park themed masterclasses in the Childrens Cookery Theatre, where Kiddy Cook will show them howto make finger sandwiches, jellies and chocolate bugs

There's no need to turn the potatoes, they will cook through. I am a huge fan of Hoisin duck, that was my first encounter with duck, a mere two years ago, but I didn't want to try to make duck pancakes, I wanted something a bit different

With the accompaniments sorted, I just needed to decide exactly how I was going to make the sauce. The duck breasts can be browned and ready to go into the oven, the beans part cooked and ready to go, the sauce made and ready to be finished with butter and chocolate

Without knowing what meat you are cooking, how can you possibly choose the vegetables. I threw things in randomly - cabbage, salad, green beens, broccoli - and hoped that somehow a menu would suggest itself to me

I am looking forward to having the chance to teach, enjoy and spend quality time with the kids – but with that comes the kind of planning that is rarely seen outside of the military barracks – otherwise how the hell will we survive

Those trophies - beautifully handcrafted in etched glass and painted with sheaves of barley and created by Rachael Aldridge of Aldridge Glass in Walgrave - were presented by a selection of this year’s Award judges including TV chef, Sophie Grigson, and the co-founder of ‘Ready Steady Cook’, Steven Saunders from Silverstone Hospitality